Refreshing Mauby Drink

A refreshing drink made from the mauby bark with various health benefits

As much as food is important in the Caribbean, drinks are running a close second. We have a collection of staple drinks like peanut punch, rum punch, hot cocoa, Guinness punch, sorrel and then there’s mauby. A classic drink found on many a table during Sunday dinner.

Do you have a drink that your parents made that you just absolutely refused to drink as a child? Mauby was that for me. It has a very very distinct flavor and somewhat of a bitter aftertaste. The after taste was the main reason, I emphatically told my mother "No thanks" when she made it. It is PUNGENT. Some people like it to have an extremely strong aftertaste, I rather it to be milder.

This drink is the result of boiling the bark of a mauby tree with additional spices. You then get a bitter concentrate that you dilute and sweeten to your liking.

Besides the strong aftertaste, mauby is extremely refreshing. It is known to provide health benefits that include:

Lowering cholesterol levels

Aiding in alleviating arthritic pain

Having a high vitamin and mineral content

Actually making the drink is pretty easy. It requires you boiling, leaving the bark and spices to seep for a few hours (or even overnight), strain and store. One the concentrate is done, take a little and dilute and sweeten to your liking. The concentrate can be stored in the fridge for up to about 3 months, allowing you to make a glass of this whenever you feel like it.

This drink needs to be cold. Beastly cold mauby will make your body very happy.

Do you think if given the chance, you would try a little of this? Let me know in the comments.

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